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Kinetic Alfvén waves turbulence in the Earth's magnetosphere

Phys. Plasmas 16, 102904 (2009); doi:10.1063/1.3254373

Published 28 October 2009

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Sachin Kumar and R. P. Sharma
Plasma Simulation Laboratory, Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi-110016, India
The numerical simulations of the model equation governing the nonlinear dynamics of kinetic Alfvén waves in the intermediate-beta plasmas are performed. When the nonlinearity arises due to the ponderomotive force driven density perturbations of kinetic Alfvén waves, the model equation turns out to be a modified nonlinear Schrödinger equation. This has been solved numerically by using appropriate boundary conditions. The coherent, damped magnetic filaments with turbulent spectra have been observed. Our results reveal the interesting change in spectral index because of the damping effect. The steeper power spectra follow ~k−3.4 scaling. Using the Fokker–Planck equation with the new velocity space diffusion coefficient, we find the distribution function of energetic electrons in these turbulent structures. These turbulent structures can be responsible for plasma heating in Earth's magnetosphere. ©2009 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 24 July 2009; accepted 1 October 2009; published 28 October 2009
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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords
PACS
  • 52.35.Bj
    Plasma magnetohydrodynamic waves
  • 52.35.Ra
    Plasma turbulence
  • 52.35.Mw
    Nonlinear phenomena: plasma waves, wave propagation and other interactions
  • 94.30.cg
    Magnetospheric cusp
  • YEAR: 2009

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